The Visitor (Neil Young and Promise of the Real album)

The Visitor
Studio album by Neil Young and Promise of the Real
Released	December 1, 2017 (2017-12-01)
Recorded	November 4 – 7, 2016 June 9, 2017 August 5 – 7, 2017
Studio	Shangri-La (Malibu, California) Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre	Rock
Length	51:11
Label	Reprise
Producer	John Hanlon Neil Young
Neil Young chronology
Hitchhiker (2017) The Visitor (2017) Paradox (2018)
Promise of the Real chronology
Something Real (2016) The Visitor (2017) Paradox (2018)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Already Great"	5:47
2.	"Fly by Night Deal"	2:37
3.	"Almost Always"	4:50
4.	"Stand Tall"	5:13
5.	"Change of Heart"	5:54
6.	"Carnival"	8:21
7.	"Diggin' a Hole"	2:33
8.	"Children of Destiny"	3:24
9.	"When Bad Got Good"	2:00
10.	"Forever"	10:32

Critical reception

The Visitor has a 68/100 average on Metacritic. ^[5]

Personnel

• Neil Young – guitar, piano, harmonica, pump organ, whistle, water bottle, bathroom whistle, vocals
• Micah Nelson – piano, guitar, pump organ, mandolin, glockenspiel, whistle, toy piano, accordion, vocals
• Lukas Nelson – guitar, whistle, water bottle, vocals
• Corey McCormick – bass, whistle, water bottle, vocals
• Anthony LoGerfo – drums, whistle, vocals
• Tato Melgar – percussion, whistle, water bottle, vocals
• Additional orchestration – vocals, violas, cellos, basses, flutes, oboe, clarinets, bassoons, French horns, trumpets, trombones, cimbassos, harp

Additional roles

• Gary Burden, Jenice Heo – art direction & design
• Daryl Hannah – photography
• Dana Fineman – photography
• John Hanlon – production, mixing
• Niko Bolas – production
• Al Schmitt – mixing, recording
• Dana Nielsen – recording, engineering
• Steve Genewick, Changler Harrod – engineering
• Johnnie Burik, Rob Bisel – assistant engineering
• Chris Bellman – mastering
• Elliot Roberts – direction ^[6]

Charts

Chart (2017–18)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7]	85
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [8]	32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9]	29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [10]	87
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [11]	43
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [12]	39
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [13]	47
French Albums (SNEP) [14]	113
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [15]	25
Irish Albums (IRMA) [16]	45
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [17]	5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [18]	36
Scottish Albums (OCC) [19]	36
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [20]	52
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [21]	32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [22]	40
UK Albums (OCC) [23]	65
US Billboard 200 [24]	167
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [25]	24
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [26]	5
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [27]	4

References

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